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Written by Luciana Pacheco-McEvoy, M.S., Home Start Therapist During this time of stress and uncertainty, children may be processing this sudden disruption in their lives with challenging behaviors that sometimes make it difficult for caregivers to understand. Exposure to stressful events, which right now might include economic hardships, absence of routines, isolation from family/friends, or […]

Thank you! We had a joyfully successful Mother’s Day Donation Drive this month, raising $52,532! Thank you to everyone who contributed and to our amazing partners at the Rodeki Foundation.  Thanks to your generosity, Home Start is able to continue our efforts helping San Diego families cope with the COVID-19 crisis – including many single

By Laura Tancredi-Baese, CEO of Home Start Since 1972, staff members at Home Start, a San Diego-based nonprofit with offices around the county, have dedicated ourselves to effectively prevent and treat child abuse. It is the cornerstone of our overall mission: to assure the safety and resiliency of children by strengthening families and their communities.

Here at Home Start’s Community Services for Families, we are concerned about how the Coronavirus is impacting children around the country and in our San Diego County community as well. The Child Welfare Services Child Abuse Hotline has had an extreme drop in calls since the Coronavirus shelter-in-place order started. This brings a lot of

Written by Selma Hassane, Host Homes Coordinator The COVID-19 pandemic struck the world, leaving people confused, anxious, scared, and a whirlwind of countless other emotions. As individuals who work in social services, we often feel like there is a massive gap between the needs of the populations we serve and the resources available to them.